Bill Text: TX HB3395 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to state purchasing preferences for recycled products and to the efficient operation of certain telecommunications entities.

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB3395 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB3395-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 3395

AN ACT
relating to state purchasing preferences for recycled products and
to the efficient operation of certain telecommunications entities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2155.445(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) The commission and state agencies shall give preference
to recycled, remanufactured, or environmentally sensitive
products, as those terms are defined by rule of the commission, in
purchases made under this subtitle if:
(1) the product meets state specifications regarding
quantity and quality; and
(2) the average price of the product is not more than
10 percent greater than the price of comparable nonrecycled
products.
SECTION 2. Section 2155.446, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 2155.446. PURCHASE AND USE OF PAPER CONTAINING
RECYCLED FIBERS. (a) Subject to Subsection (c), the [The]
commission shall contract for paper containing the highest
proportion of recycled fibers for all purposes for which paper with
recycled fibers may be used and to the extent that the paper is
available [at a reasonable price] through normal commercial sources
to supply the state's needs.
(b) Subject to Subsection (c), a [A] state agency that
purchases through the commission shall place orders for papers
containing recycled fibers to the highest extent of its needs and to
the extent that the paper is available through the commission's
purchasing procedures.
(c) This section does not apply if the average price of
paper with recycled fibers exceeds by more than 10 percent the price
of comparable nonrecycled paper.
SECTION 3. Section 2170.005(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) To ensure efficient operation of the consolidated
telecommunications system at minimum cost to the state, the
department shall adopt and disseminate to all agencies appropriate
guidelines and[,] operating procedures[,] and may publish
telephone directories listed under Sections 55.202 and 55.203,
Utilities Code, on a state Internet website.
SECTION 4. Subchapter I, Chapter 55, Utilities Code, is
amended by adding Section 55.204 to read as follows:
Sec. 55.204. ELECTRONIC TELEPHONE DIRECTORY. (a)
Notwithstanding any other law, a telecommunications provider or
telecommunications utility, to further the recycling goals, may
publish on the provider's or the utility's Internet website a
telephone directory or directory listing instead of providing for
general distribution to the public of printed directories or
listings.
(b) A provider or utility that publishes a telephone
directory or directory listing as described by Subsection (a) shall
provide a print or digital copy of the directory or listing to a
customer on request. If a provider or utility exercises this
option, it shall notify its customers that the provider or utility
shall provide the first print or digital copy requested by a
customer in each calendar year at no charge to the customer.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3395 was passed by the House on May 4,
2011, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 3395 on May 27, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 1,
2 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3395 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor